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Month: February 2025

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy chief: 18 mines destroyed in Black Sea since start of Russia’s war on Ukraine

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Eighteen mines have been detected and defused in the Black Sea since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Bulgarian

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Europe 

VDL: EU will respond firmly if Trump imposes tariffs

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

When targeted, unfairly or arbitrarily, the European Union will respond firmly, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in

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Bulgaria 

Joint deployment of officers from four countries at Bulgarian-Turkish border begins

February 3, 2025February 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

The joint deployment of an additional 100 border police officers from four countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria granted citizenship to more than 16 000 people in 2024

February 3, 2025February 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 16 268 people in 2024, the largest number in a year since the beginning of the

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Bulgaria 

Two bishops shortlisted to be Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s next Metropolitan of Vidin

February 2, 2025February 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In a secret ballot vote in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Vidin on February 2, two bishops were shortlisted

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Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 2.9% for February

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 2.9 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria pays annual homage to victims of communist regime

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

With wreath-laying ceremonies and statements, various Bulgarian political leaders and members of the public marked February 1, the day of

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Business 

Bulgaria ends 2024 with 3.0% consolidated Budget deficit

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget deficit for the full year 2024 was 6.14 billion leva, on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s January 2025 road death toll is 31

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 31 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in January 2025, the Interior Ministry said on February

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